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RARE! 1906 SS KAISERIN AUGUSTE VICTORIA-HAMBURG AMERIKA LINLE-METAL WRITING PAD

$ 39.6

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Used
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Featured Refinements: Steamship
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany

    Description

    SS
    Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
    , was an
    ocean liner
    built in 1905–1906 by
    Vulcan AG shipyard
    in
    Stettin
    (now Szczecin,
    Poland
    ) for the
    Hamburg America Line
    . The ship regularly sailed between
    Hamburg
    and
    New York City
    until the outbreak of war in Europe in 1914. At the end of hostilities, re-flagged as USS
    Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
    , she transported American troops from Europe to the United States. For a brief time
    Cunard
    sailed the re-flagged ship between
    Liverpool
    and New York.
    -The ship was refitted for
    Canadian Pacific Steamships
    (CP) and in 1921, she was renamed
    Empress of Scotland
    —the first of two CP ships to bear that name.
    [2]
    -
    The vessel ended service in 1930 and was sold for
    scrap
    . During the demolition of the ship, the vessel caught fire, broke in two and sank. The hulks were raised and scrapped.
    Accommodation: 459 1st class, 478 2nd and 960 3rd class.
    Front: "Hamburg-Amerika Line -- Kaiserin Auguste Victoria"On the back is the line's flag and: "Erinnerung an meine Reise mit der Kaiserin Auguste Victoria" [memory of my undertaken with the Empress Auguste Victoria travel].
    The metal pad measures 2 3/4" by 1 3/4.
    Original Pencil ABSENT, as is original paper tablet.
    -Photo's with small vintage pencil to hold closed.
    THIS METAL SOUVENIR WRITING PAD  DOES NOT DRAW TO A MAGNET. (HINGE AND 2 SCREWS DO.) ? Silver?
    Shipped USPS First Class.
    Please Contact Me with any Questions, or for Additional Photos!